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MotorStorm: Arctic Edge — Lunatics Unite on PSP September 29

Hi racing fans! Eager to blast the rugged Alaskan terrain with an arsenal of offroad vehicles? Well, wait no more. You can now look forward to snagging MotorStorm Arctic Edge PSP in UMD form on 9/29/09 at a store near you. The game will also be available for purchase on 10/1/09 as a PSPgo launch title via the PSN and voucher code. The game will be $39.99 on both formats.

Also as we mentioned previously, those who get out there early and pre-order the game will be rewarded with the opportunity to own the exclusive Mirage Rapide rally car, available with two customizable skins and set for top speed racing and drifting. Even if you don’t pre-order, there’s still a chance for fans to get the Rally car — the vehicle will be available on the PSN Store for those who
buy the game within the first 30 days of launch.

Adding in two new snow-specific vehicles this time around, players will have a total of eight car classes and 12 reversible tracks to negotiate as they battle insane festival drivers trekking through the rugged Alaskan
wilderness.

Lastly, folks who have PlayStation 2 consoles and want a little MotorStorm action of their own will be rewarded with MotorStorm: Arctic Edge for the PS2, available in North America later this Fall. MotorStorm: Arctic Edge on PS2 will offer the same great racing style as the PSP version but will allow friends to jump into split-screen racing action when in multiplayer mode. Continue to check back for more details to come!

You guys must have changed some coding or something, but every time I attempt to watch them, the video flickers white each time I scroll my mouse over it, and I must hit the play button several times before it even plays. Taking my mouse off the video itself also resets.

The downloadable game cost the same as a physically manufactured disc? That doesn’t make sense. I smaller price should be in order for downloadable versions of games. Not much. Maybe $5 or so less. Just enough to offset the loss of a physical resellable disc. It would also help people feel more comfortable with purchasing the PSP GO and purchasing downloadable games in general.

That looks pretty impressive. The PSP continues to [DELETED] my eyebrow, with what it can pull off. The handheld doesn’t need the gimmick of touchscreens; it just needs creative developers, looking for new ways to push the hardware.

hmm.. so let me get this straight.. they make 2 great, bautiful good selling games on the PS3, then go and make one for the PSP and nothing for Ps3..!?!? okay, im not buying a psp though only when their $100

Well, Downloadable Games have another issue that you guys aren’t catching: they don’t ever drop in price due to competition. In a closed-market environment, where used copies are an impossibility, there’s no reason to ever reduce prices, meaning that launch PSN games are still selling at the same prices they started at… THAT is what bothers me.

I really want this game but $40, ugg, there are only so many $40 I can buy this year (and GT will easly win this fight). $30 was an instant buy for me (which is what I though it would be after checking ebgames last week).

I’m so excited about getting a PSP Go (even though I have a 2000) but man you really need to do something about the prices for DD games. Japan is easily able to do it.

But regarding the comments I’m seeing about the PS3 “getting nothing,” the PSP CANNOT continue be treated as a testing ground or dump of some sort. It NEEDS to gather together some seriously good content of its own that won’t simply be “remade for the PS3″ if its any good, and fast at that, given the attempt to justify the $250 price tag they’ve just given to the PSP Go.

Not only should the PS3 not be given this, but there need to be some studios dedicating their full time to making PSP titles that will remain PSP exclusive. This system NEEDS credibility. And as much as I dislike Square Enix at the moment, they’ve been contributing the greatest amount to this task with Crisis Core and Dissidia.

Honestly, the downside of this post was that a PS2 version WAS made, though the PS2 has lost a good deal of relevance among the gaming community so I’m letting it slide.

and people wonder why psp games don’t sell more its because your charging 40 dollars for your game. I never and will never pay 40 dollars for a portable game specially a downloadable one. Lower the price to 30 dollars or don’t sell any copy’s it your choice.

I was excited about getting the Go!, but if games are going to be more than 25 bucks for it there’s no way in hell im getting it. I’ll just stick with my PSP-2000 and it’s custom firmware.
God damn… 40 bucks… for a PSP game!?

while im interested in this game im hoping there will be a large catalog of games on psn oct1 for the psp also i wish there was some list of what will be available as far as games for the pspgo… i think its only right because say i want a game like dissidia but that has been yet announced on the psn then i would rather get the psp 3000 if i will be missing out on the games i wanna be playing when i get a psp go!

Again, I have to ask: Why not let the pre-order bonus be FREE on PSN for those interested for the month? If I have to pay $2 for a pre-order bonus that is only going to be up for a month, you can be damn sure I’m going to skip Arctic Edge.